Feds probing September collision at Atlanta airport

The feds continue to investigate the collision of two planes at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport last month.

Delta Air Lines flight 295, an Airbus A350-941, N503DN, bound for Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport, collided with Endeavor Air flight 5526, a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries CRJ-900, N302PQ, scheduled to fly to Lafayette Regional Airport in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, while taxiing for departure on Sept. 10. The Endeavor flight was operating under the Delta banner.

According to the NTSB, the CRJ was “holding short” of runway 8R on taxiway H, waiting for takeoff clearance, and the A350 was taxiing along intersecting taxiway E. As the A350 passed behind the CRJ, where the taxiways intersected, the right wingtip of the A350 hit the vertical stabilizer of the CRJ, resulting in substantial damage to the CRJ’s tail and minor damage to the A350.

In its preliminary report, the NTSB said the investigation “continues.”